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DUMPING WAGON. No. 495,388. Patented Apr. 11,1893.

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DUMPING WAGON.

No. 495,388. Patented Apr. 11, 1893.

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- No 495,388. Patented Apr. 11, 1893..

ll l I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

JAMES R. AYERS, OF PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA.

DUMPlNG-WAGON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 495,388, dated April 11, 1893.

Application filed August 3, 1892.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JAMES R. AYERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Petersburg, in the county of Dinwiddie and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dumping-Wagons; and

. I do hereby declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same. My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in dumping wagons, and has for its object the construction and operation of a vehicle of this class which will be simple, cheap and effective in operation. The first feature resides in combining with telescoping tongue, and reach pole, a sliding truck for throwing the box off center, and means for holding and tilting said box. A second feature resides in the means for rigidly retaining the parts in position while the box is in an inclined or dumping position, thus preventing undue strain upon any one part when the vehicle is pulled forward to relieve the box of the load not on the ground. Thirdly, in providing anti friction devices'for the sliding body, and means for throwing said devices into and out of engagement with the body, and finally in the peculiar construction, arrangement and combination of the several details, all as will be hereinafter described and afterward pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification wherein like symbols refer to like parts wherever they occur, Figure l is a top plan view with the box removed, showing the parts in their normal or running position. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same with the box in position. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the tongue and reach pole telescoping the front and rear axles in a rigid position and the boxinaninclinedordumping position. Fig.4is a plan view of the same with the box removed. Fig. 5 is a perspective partly in section, of the connecting yoke of the reach pole, the end of the tongueand its correlative parts. Fig. 6 is an inverted perspective of the socketed end of the tongue.

In the drawings A represents the box of usual construction provided with a stop a on its bottom preferably at or near the center of body in order to throw the weight wholly or Serial No. 442,036. (No model.)

nearly upon the rear axle when the same is approached to the stops.

B indicates the wheels mounted upon the usual forward and rear axlesB' and B" respectively.

0 indicates the reach pole slotted longitudinally as at C, said bifurcated or split portions being connected at their forward ends by a yoke or coupling iron D, said iron extending rearwardly along the sides of the reach pole ip nd s5lot forming wear irons cl as indicated in Instead of connecting the rear hounds with the reach pole at their apex, I prefer to make the connection at the rear of the rear axle as at E, thus permitting the front hounds to easily ride unobstructedly over the connecting plate of the rear hounds when the axles are approached.

F represents a sliding block formed with wings or face plates f bearing against the top and under side of the reach pole, said wings being connected at their sides by studs or standards f and at their center through the slot in the reach pole by a guide piece f",

through which latter is formed an opening for the king bolt, which king bolt passes through the axle, opening in the guide piece, bed piece and bolster.

G represents the tongue provided with the usual double and single trees, said tongue being recessed or socketed at its rear end at g to afford reception for the coupling iron, and faced in said receptacle by a wear plate g as shown 1n Flg. 6.

H indicates a coupling bolt secured to the underside of the projecting ledge at the rear of the tongue, said bolt being of a length sufficient to permit the tongue to be raised above the plane of the reach pole and slid back to a distance sufficient to permit the at tachment of the tongue to the front truck to pull the same out of its short coupled position after the box is dumped.

Secured a little to one side of the center of the bolster bed piece and axle are two angle irons or take up blocks I, the function of which being to bear against a lateral take up faceplate J secured to the rear end of the tongue. This lateral take up face plate is provided at its sides with depending flanges j, or friction faces which impinge against the take up blocks I and retain the tongue in a perfectly straight line when in its operative position in order to maintain adirect line of draft on the front axle and maintain the front axle at right angles thereto, also to hold the rear end of the tongue in the center of the front axle when the tongue is eitherin its raised or telescoped position or in operative position.

K indicates the front hounds preferably provided with eyesk at their forward ends in which are adapted to be secured coupling or draft braces, chains or rods L, the opposite ends of which are secured to the tongue at Z.

I preferably form this coupling brace of a rod and chain section I and Z respectively, the latter being secured to the tongue thus permitting the hook'l on the latter to be easily inserted in the eye it on the hounds. It is obvious that the coupling may be made with the axle instead of with the hounds as shown.

M represents collars mounted on the ends of the rear bolster just inside the stakes and beneath the box, which are provided with projecting lugs min which are mounted antifriction rollers m adapted to ride upon a wear plate N 011 the under side of the box. Projecting from these collars M, at right angles from the anti friction wheel supporting lugs are handles or levers M for throwing the anti-friction wheels into or out of engagement with the box.

At W I have shown lugs or stops depending from the rear axle hound, which, when the same is drawn toward the front axle will strike against the straight cross pieces of the front axle hounds, thus causing the front axle to assume and retain a position parallel to the rear axle when the wagon is being drawn forward to relieve the box of that portion of the load remaining therein.

The operation may be described as follows: To dump the box from the position shown in Fig. 2, suitable chocks w are placed in front of the front wheels, and the handles or levers M depressed raising the rollers m into contact with the box and throwing the rear weight of the box thereon. The coupling or draft braces L are then disconnected from the front hounds, and the rear wheels drawn toward the front wheels by the horses or other suitable motive power, until the stop a on the bottom of the box comes in contact with the rear bolster, which block being placed at or about the middle of the box, brings the load exactly or nearly balanced on the rear axle which per mits the box to dump itself or be dumped by slight assistance. Should there remain in the box a portion of theload which was prevented from being dumped by the pile on the ground, the chocks 0c are removed from the front wheels and the horses or other motive power are started forward, thus relieving the box of its load. In the meantime the lugs W on the rear hounds acting in conjunction with the front hound assure that the axles will advance in positions parallel to each other. After the contents of the box have been deposited, the

box is again righted to its horizontal position, the forward end resting on the front bolster between the stakes thereon, and the middle on the anti-friction rollers. The rear end of the tongue is then raised above the plane of the reach pole and slid back thereon, the coupling bolt H acting in the capacity of a guide until the lateral take up plate is at home between the clamping blocks I, at which time the coupling braces are fastened in the eyes of the bounds K, when the tongue will right itself for a direct line of draft. Chocks (see ac Fig. 3) are then placed in front of the rear wheels and the horses or other motive power started, when the front truck carrying the box will slide along the reach pole until the coupling bolt H strikes the coupling iron D, at which time the recessed socketed portion of the tongue will fall into position in front of the reach pole. The handles M are then elevated permitting the body to rest on the rear bolster, when the box is ready toreceive another load.

I am aware that many minor changes in the construction and arrangement of the parts of my device may be made and substituted for those herein shown and described without in the least departing from the nature and principle of my invention which having been thus described,

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. In a dumping wagon, the combination with the independently movable trucks and reach pole of the tongue loosely connected with said reach pole to slide thereon independently of the front truck, substantially as described. p

2. In a dumping wagon, the combination with the independently movable trucks, longitudinally slotted reach pole, and the coupling iron bridging the slot at the forward end, of the tongue and the coupling bolt passing through the slot for uniting the tongue and reach pole, whereby the tongue may slide on said pole independently of the front truck, substantially as described.

3. In a dumping wagon, the combination with a slotted reach pole, of a coupling iron on the end thereof, a truck adapted to slide on the pole and a tongue adapted to slide on the pole and in the slot.

4. In a dumping wagon the combination with the slotted reach pole of a sliding block, a front truck, a king bolt passing through the truck and sliding block and a tongue detachably connected to the front truck substantially as described.

5. In a dumping wagon, the combination with the front truck and king bolt, of a slotted reach pole, a sliding block in said slot through which passes the king bolt said block encircling the reach pole and a tongue detachably connected to the front truck and adapted to draw the reach pole forward past the front truck, substantially as described.

6. In a dumping wagon, the combination ICC IIO

with the independently movable truck and box of a bolster, collars mounted on said bolster anti friction wheels mounted in said collars and a handle or lever for throwing said wheels into and out of engagement with the box whereby the movement of the body may be facilitated as the trucks are brought together, substantially as described.

7. In a dumping wagon, the combination with the box, of a rear bolster provided with anti-friction devices, a stop on thebottom of the box, a reach pole, a sliding front truck, anii a tongue adapted to slide on the reach p0 e.

8. In combination with the front truck, of

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